BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Over 2.7 million Americans answered the call to serve in Vietnam — young men and women defined by courage, sent far away from home to be thrown into a conflict that would change their lives forever.
That was certainly the case for Frank E. Cius Jr., a Buffalo native and fresh enlistee of the U.S. Marine Corps assigned to the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing in the Vietnam War.
“Most of the guys in my squadron who came over with me were from our local area,” Cius said to a room full of veterans on Sunday, many of them having served in Vietnam…